Microsoft has been showing off unreleased builds of Windows 10 as part of their recent Build and Ignite conferences. Now a newly posted video shows yet another version of the OS, with the build number 10114, that shows some changes to the Start menu, among other things.

The video comes from WinBeta, which notes that this version of Windows 10 has yet to leak on the Internet. It also claims that this build won't be provided to Windows Insider members. The video starts off by showing the Start menu, with the File Explorer and Settings selections moved to the bottom. It also shows that the option to turn the Start menu into the full screen version has been removed from the top right corner, although users can still make it full screen by going into the Settings menu.

The Windows Insider app has also gotten a big UI refresh, as shown in the video, with a hamburger menu on the left, and the full profile of the specific Windows Insider user on the right, with info like how long they have been a member of the program, which build of Windows 10 is running and more. The 'Dark" theme can also be enabled on the calculator and alarm clock apps, the Settings screen and the volume control.

All in all, the video shows that Microsoft is busy making some user interface changes and improvements, but nothing much in the way of major new features. Hopefully the Windows 10 will launch a new build soon that will replace the current 10074 version.

Nothing of this can solve the IMO central critical design flaw: the desktop needs to go to allow a giant tile area. This way, they'd have instant design parity with the phone version (at least on the visual parts).

Hey, this is all great but how does one get more frequent builds - and don't say "fast ring" because I am and have seen like one update - and have the apps from the darn store fail to update, most notably the Microsoft ones....

Why have they taken the resize start menu button out? Why do I now have to go into settings to go full screen? I want it to be fluid. On Windows 8.1 I have my 2nd screen full start sometimes and the primary screen as normal desktop. I often switch between these modes.

I think you just don't understand. It'll be exactly like in Windows 8: The Start button will switch between desktop and Start Screen. You don't have to go to Settings every time you need to switch to desktop.

While I'm glad to see a LITTLE bit more of a Windows 8 Start Screen, it's STILL stupid to have the idiotic hamburger menu, and I STILL hate the moronic way they are handling All Apps. It was INFINITELY better in Windows 8. Microsoft, despite all these machinations, is completely screwing tablet users and those who prefered to avoid the lame desktop for everything except legacy programs.

W8 might be confusing at first. It has a steep learning curve. W8.1 is better. If you got used to the setup of w8.1 or 8.0 you shouldn't have difficulties with w10.

W7 is easy to learn because even though it had added and improved features, it had the familiar ui as xp. Windows 8 modern design is an overhaul. It's new so it is confusing at start. But once you get used to the ui, it's easy to use. And windows 10 will be easy too.

Oh please ms, start menu has been received a loott of improvements since beginning. Could u, MS, take a look at your right-click UI, task manager and old-fashioned file explorer? They need to be refreshed. And please, dont make seting and control panel fight each other. They need to be unified. And that ribbon UI, something good for 6 years ago. And i dont like ribbon at all.

Wouldn't it be nice if when you log on to the Desktop the Windows start screen tiles could automatically mirror the configuration (optimized for the larger screen size, of course) of your Windows Phone start screen tiles, especially with the universal app model coming into full blossom?

Most times the apps on our phone start screen are the most important and personal to us. It'd be nice for the Desktop to line up.

This could also be a way to sell the intuitive syncing been phone and other models, which would not be available to non-Windows Phone users: When you change the tile layout, your desktop follows suit.

You really have no clue, then, do you? This is a fake way to pacify people who really LOVE the Start Screen and All Apps experience on Win8. This latest video shows me NOTHING to get excited about. It is still dysfunctional.

In my opinion Windows is getting better and better and Insider is the best thing they have done, just look at Windows 8 it was a mistery and we all see how secrets are ending with crap let's be honest. So complaining about the look of this build is unrelevant and have no sence because everything will change for sure.

Starting to come together. I think the UI aesthetic generally makes sense and is cohesive. I like having a universal light/dark theme you can choose, which paried with the dynamic theme colors willl make it pleaseant to use.

My biggest problem is the All Apps/Power/Settings links on the Start Menu. I just don't like how these are used, and I think with all the changes to them it's clear MS is also having trouble with them.

Specifically, I don't like that the All Apps button changes from regular to full screen modes. I understand why they do, but I don't like it. I think they should use an Arrow (<--) or something so that the full app list pulls in from the left, this could be made swipeable and basically be the opposite of Windows phone (which should change to mirror that). This shouldn't be a hamburger...this calls for a pivot.

I also don't like having the power button so close to frequently used options like All apps, Start, Cortana and Settings.

The Insider app seems like a great item. Very glad to see how it's evoloving, just hope it becomes a little more interactive once this goes GA.

I agree. All Apps still needs work especially it needs a slide gesture to open it. It's inconsistent on Windows Phone that you can swipe from the right to access All Apps.
Another thing, they should at least have an option for full-screen for Start Screen (and something it fills the Start Menu). I personally don't like the list, it feels not taking advantage the huge space on tablet and desktop. There is too much scrolling on list.

No, it doesn't. All Apps on this idiotic Windows 10 is STILL just an endless list. I EXPECT that on the phone, and the jumplist helps make that much easier to use. Windows 10 pukes all over the great All Apps experience I have on Windows 8.

There's no endless list, you can tap on one letter and choose (in this build). All apps list it's not supposed to be used all the time, your mains apps and Win32 apps are pinned on Taskbar and Start Menu, there's a lot of space there for you. But if that's isn't enough for you maybe you should stick with 8.1, Ubuntu or Mac.

I still find Win 8.1 All Apps view much better, it has a sorting options, swipe to access, and you can click the letters to jump through grid of apps.
There should be at least an option without going into full Tablet mode. I like the combination of Start screen and windowed apps.

Thats actually a good idea and good evolution to current interaction from WP8.1. Unfortunately Microsoft is using less pivot controls and more hamburger menus in Windows 10. Its understandable for some reasons but we just have to deal with it.

So glad there's an option for an 8.1esque Start screen - using a touchscreen desktop, its nice to know that if the new start menu doesn't work as well for me as I hope then there's definitely something that will. I lobe options.

Windows 10 is definitely looking much more polished - minor thing, I would like more colour (presumably theme colour) at the top bar of each window, bit like in Windows 8.

I think is great! Love the idea of the hamburger in the upper left corner. And use the live tiles in the background like widgets. That's nice to me. The interface looks clean and sharp. I believe performance issues and bugs are completely normal.

It feels like there is too much wasted screen real estate, especially compared to Windows 8.1. The UI should be more colorful too, for example the title bar of an active app should match the accent color.

Windows 10 are like Windows 8 should be at the first place.But ok.Microsoft is getting nice progress during years but still too slow on certain things.Only thing I hate about Windows 10 is number 10.I mean wtf 10? Something is missing here.They should name it just Windows,or Windows Edge or something...

No, Windows 10 is not what Windows 8 should have been .. Windows 8.1 is what Windows 8 should have been, and now it is great.

Windows 10 is what Vista should have been like.. in a world where there where no tablet. So far Windows 10 is not optimized for tablet mode.. they have removed all things that made windows 8 great on a tablet .. and sure there is a "tablet mode" but that does not make it good on a tablet just by calling it that.

Putting things you use daily hidden under a tiny hamburger icon on the top left corner is not practical at all,

That is what made the "Charms bar" so great. not they replace that with the Activity panel, that is of no use at all.

What is use a lot on my tablet is swiping from the right, getting the charms bar open, and pressing the windows button on the charms bar. Fast and easy. (Why, because not all tablets have a "start button" placed where you want it .)

Or I swipe from the right when i have an application open to get the charms bar open to get to settings or options for that application.

Why do I swipe from the right?, well most do that aren't left handed ..

Hamburger menus on the opposite top corner is not logical, and is just like the new emoji.. a big middle finger to tablet users. I really hope they start listening to them as well.. so far it has been all about people who loved Windows 7 and Windows XP.. and don't have a mobile device.

The only problem I'm having now with the latest build is that most of my programs are now incompatible. Please windows insiders help me send that message to Microsoft. Tell them that programs are now becoming incompatible and that they need to fix it Urgently.

The reasoning is that it will confuse regular Joe's. Also a button very visible that is barely used is a bad idea. Think about the number of people that would be annoyed by hitting the button by mistake.

Wrong, Completely wrong. Where's the Windows 8 All Apps experience? Oh, that's right, it's still the same old idiotic panel we CURRENTLY see on Windows 10...it just "hides". It's still as ugly and useless as before. And the search experience? Disgusting.

This setting (and the button they removed) just gives people the option to use a full screen Start while in desktop mode, in case they miss Windows 8. But when you switch to tablet mode, not just your Start Screen, but all of your apps run full screen too. There are other changes to better accommodate touch when in tablet mode.

MS has always been thinking about the needs of tablet users. You are just seeing the usual progression of features being incrementally implemented during development. Most of these UI changes have likely been in the plan for months, but the appearance was dependent on various other work being done first.

I'm sure our feedback has been helpful to Microsoft, but the fact that something doesn't work optimally in an early preview does not mean that Microsoft is unaware of the requirement.

Yes of course I know there's a 'tablet' mode. Right now it sucks because of all the space wasted by a very touch UNFRIENDLY menu on the left which takes up WAY more space than it needs to. Its awful. I cant wait for a new build with these new options, so I can hide it away forever.

Are you kidding? The laughable full-screen tablet mode is NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING like the excellent Start Screen on Windows 8. You can't make ANY case to the contrary. There is NOTHING about the so-called "tablet mode" on Windows 10 that's acceptable compared to Windows 8. Nothing.

Maybe telemetric readings showed that almost no one used Windows 10 with the start in full screen. That's why they moved that to the settings. That way, those few who actually do it, can still do it but the majority who clearly doesn't use it won't hit the button by accident and freak out (remember they must think on the average consumer).

I would agree with that. But I'm sure there are far more Insiders who installed the preview on a desktop or laptop where there already is a mouse/touchpad present and the lack of a touch screen is more frequent. Would be nice to know how many tablets are running the preview.

One of the best pieces of feedback I have received from one of my relatives on Windows 10..."They took all the style from Macintosh and evolved it into Windows"....and someone was still saying Macs' look the best /s

Sir these comments after only by Windows phone users and so far I have seen almost thousands of comments on different sites and I found that more than 50-60% people are looking is upgradation and new additional Xbox which m huge fan so people are looking Windows as fast as I saw the most of the reviews....

I said that its one of the best because it came from a hardcore Macintosh user...i don't know why but those people just seem to pride themselves on looks and design of the OS...even if its half as functional...i am not saying that its entirely bad and I have used it enough to say that...its just not practical or simple enough to use...too much things just stacked here and there

Windows 8 looked pretty bad in the Consumer Preview and they massively improved it by RTM a month later. Microsoft iterate on their UI extremely quickly, and always leave it until last. We just usually never see this rough phase so you don't realise that it's normal.

No shit!! It will be inconsistent, it's not even beta and there's a good amount of time before the RTM version. It will be getting modified and updated with every build.. So, no, it's not about to go RTM. Instead of being a douche about it, why don't you contribute into making it better?

^This. I guess some people need some learning on beta and rtm releases. If you signed-up on being an insider, make suggestions on the insider hub if you have any. Anything comment you state on this site is less likely to be heard by MS. Better do it on the hub.

I'll tell you the same thing I told the other guy. Instead of being a douche and burying a product so far from release, why don't you contribute into making it better? What's wrong with you, people? In the end, if you don't like it, you can stick with 8.1

That's your opinion. I find the latest adjustments to the start screen to be perfect. I only wanted tiles there and now I can choose to hide everything else under the hamburger menu, leaving me with the tiles. Nothing is done until the product is ready to go RTM. I'm not saying we will see a complete transformation of the UI but it certainly isn't horrible.

Who is saying that? not Microsoft, that's for sure. Just go back a few weeks and look for Microsoft's own design intent for Windows 10 and then you'll realize that there are still a lot of changes coming.

And I'll tell YOU the same thing I've been saying all along. I had no issues with Window 8's design FROM THE BEGINNING, and I was okay with waiting until the many bugs were worked out. I submitted a lot of bug reports and suggestions on Win8 and I LOVE the OS. Windows 10 is, by DESIGN, completely HORRIBLE. It has nothing to do with bugs as far as I'm concerned. It's the actually thought process (or lack thereof) in how they are designing it. It SUCKS. It's UGLY. And I've been FLOODING the Insider and Feedback system with everything that I hate about it and what I want to see changed. Do you actually think that's having any kind of effect? No, it's not. Every Windows 10 build proves to me they are doubling-down on stupidity.

they put an option for a windows 8 type full screen start menu. that seems like a reaction to complaints from windows 8 fans. you can't expect them to respond to all feedback. what issues do you see? that video looked pretty good.

the addition to finally get the full screen start screen back is great, the ugly hamburger menu (on the top left of all places ) is not.

I really hope they change it back to what is was in Windows 8 , I was happy to move on to Windows 8, i dont want to go back to Windows XP and Windows 7 again.... looked great 10 years ago but kind of moved on

The hamburger menu is here to stay. When a company like Microsoft is shoving this, literally everywhere, then don't expect them to suddenly change it after a month. And you know what, I'm fine with it. The hamburger menu is very good and helpful. People should have seen it coming anyway.. There's a hamburger button on the Xbox One controller. Deal with it.

I'm a Windows Insider and I use Windows 10 as my primary OS since build 10074. It's quite solid with some Start menu bugs here and there. Overall the user experience is pretty good and if they fix the inconsistencies in Windows Explorer for example (the icons are plain ugly imo), then I'm a happy camper :)

LMFAO. Just installed windows 8 on my Windows Vista laptop that was RLLY shitty and slow and omg the improvement was light years ahead.... Vista was slow as F and buggy everywhere. My God how I hated Vista

and then, that's your opinion. who cares anyway? I know this is internet where alot of brainless complainers exist ^___________^ I know I know. to most people it looks better and while some changes can be done I can;t complain since it's free and it will get updated in many areas, and don't stay there. but I am sure you don't care about it. you just want to complain.

that's real constructive. how about when you throw insult around you also state what precisely you think is wrong. the os looked fine on that video in my opinion it looked a lot like windows 7 with a flatter ui and tile added. if you don't like tiles, they can be removed. if you like tiles, you can opt for a win8 type start screen. so what exactly is the issue you see?

I'm a perfectionist, I'm sorry. I like pixelperfect design and easy UI. Both which is lacking. Why do I not mention what is wrong? Because the list would be too long. Well, to give you an idea of things that piss me off:
- Taskbar looks like everything is thrown onto it. You have the Windows button, cortana bar, app icons, systray and time. All these things follow a different UI. Some span all height of the taskbar, some don't. The visual weight of the Cortana bar is too high. It doesn't need to have a different color. It can use the same design as the address bar in Edge, that would be a thin vertical line to separate it from the app icons. Also the app icons are too small, they should span all height of the taskbar. It would look much better. On top of all this mess it is difficult to see which app is running. That thin horizontal line below the app icon is sometimes not visible enough.
- the clock should be aligned right and not centered. It's not consistent with windows phone and it looks bad.
- the mini agenda and clock is terrible. You can hardly see the highlighted date and it shows a second digital clock, while it should show an analog clock because the taskbar already shows a digital clock.
- the start menu has no logic order. One would suspect that the 'all apps' button is below or above the app list. But it isn't. In-between Microsoft has put a shutdown button and other links. It breaks things that belong together apart.
- it is still a terrible design idea to put all desktop app icons inside a square. It makes every single desktop app icon look jagged and horrible and too small, thus unrecognizable.
- the app list is way too long and it doesn't allow any kinds of sorting.
- multiple desktops works horrible unless you use keyboard shortcuts. You have to move kilometers with you mouse to switch between them and pull apps to another desktop. With a simple tap or right click on the multiple desktop icon you should be able to toggle between all desktops. You should be able to drag app icons from the taskbar to it and nearby the multiple desktops icon the previews should show up to put them in. They shouldn't be positioned in the center, far from the multiple desktop icon. A context menu in place would be much better.
- the profile picture above the app list is too small. You can't see anything in that small circle. Remove it or make it bigger.
- the new Cortana menu has this list of vertical icons under the hamburger. These icons are not positioned pixel perfect. It irritates me so much that these icons are a little to the right.
- the 'all apps' icon looks like it is a low quality jpg. Th middle horizontal line is thinner. It looks rather like an artifact in compression than a design choice.
- the recycle bin is ugly and words can't describe.
- I could go on and on and on...